Photos on opposite page: © Chris Saville/UNP Who we are The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part , © ICRC, © Der of a global network of volunteers and staff, responding to natural disasters, conflicts and ek Gor individual emergencies. don. Photo on this page: © Mark Passmor We help vulnerable people in the UK and abroad prepare for, withstand and recover from emergencies in their own communities. Key facts e/Apex. > We are the UK’s leading > We are part of the International emergency response charity. Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which works in > We have around 3,500 staff and 188 countries and has around 32,500 volunteers. 13.1 million volunteers worldwide. > We help more than a million people in the UK every year, and many more around the world. I feel I’m not only helping individual people, but helping the Red Cross and society in general Ed Owen, care in the home volunteer, Plymouth